Treasure Island

Treasure Island,published in 1883popularized the now familiar characters of pirates and brought them to rum-swilling life. When an old sailor named Billy Bones dies in the inn belonging to young Jim HawkinsΓÇÖs parentshe leaves a greasy old map on which an ΓÇ£XΓÇ¥ marks the spot where treasure is buried. Jim joins the crew of a ship in pursuit of BonesΓÇÖs treasureand on the seas meets up with Long John Silvera peg-legged pirate who has infiltrated their ranks. Jim must survive mutinies and counter-mutiniesface hand-to-hand combat with drunken sailorsand outwit double-crossing thieves before the treasure can be his.